do not forget the World War II of China

[a Chinese soldier]

i do not want say anything!We want the Japnese apologized to my motherland!but ,they never do it!

[harry hackedoff]

Nee Hammer
Poke the Japs mate, they never say sorry
And friendly greetings to your self, Ty Chin

[a Chinese soldier]

thank u!Thank u your support!
r u from Australia?
that is a beautiful country!

but i don not understand " nee hammer"!what is mean?Can u tell me?

[SO19]

Welcome aboard mate.

[Shoulderholster]

Lay ho mar,ho ho

Don't forget Nanking,'cos the Japs have.
Welcome aboard matey

SH

[harry hackedoff]

Sorry, me old China, nee hammer is how it sounds in English. Like Ni Hou
Australia is shit, it`s full of Pommies
W4nkers

[a Chinese soldier]

Harry
Your spell "ni hou" is wrong,The correct spell is "ni hao"!
Ni hao = Hello

[harry hackedoff]

That`s always been my problem mate, I can say it but I can`t write it
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria was directly responsible for the rise of communism in your country after WW II. We would probably hold differing opinions as to whether that was a good thing though!
If you look at the top of each page on here, you will see several buttons, beginning with, "Album, FAQ Search" etc. Click the one that says "You have one new message"

[SO19]

Click the one that says "You have one new message"

Just make sure you decline when he ask's if you want to his see didgeridoo.

[jE^_^]

haha^^

Welcome aboard mate... And in WWII im sure people will agree the japs were under estimated...

[RA_Tom]

Interestingly when I was in Japan a couple of years ago, I went to World War 2 memorial garden in Kyoto. It commemorates allied soldiers in WW II not Japanese. Seems strange that Japan have not apologised formerly, as Japanese society clearly express deep regret. Must make it hard for their veterans, especially with memorials commemorating the enemy! After all if any of us had been draft age in 1943 and living in Japan what would we have done? An apology would venerate their own veterens as well as those like my Grandfather who fought for the allies in WWII in Burma and the Pacific.

It might still happen, every time the Japanese administration changes they seem to re-syntax their regret statement to somthing resembling an apology!

[Tab]

Now I was a Manager with a very large firm and we had a lot of men working for us who had been Japanese POW's. Now I did not know of a single man that that was able to work up to his retirement age before illness forced them to retire early and in every case it was down to their treatment by the Japanese. Now I have met many Japanese people and quite like them, but i can't forget the way the POW's were treated and how they still try and blame what they did on other people. Now I know they say it is not in their code to surrender and any troops that did surrender could not expect any thing from them, yet when they were defeated there were countless deals done with the Americans to save their own skins.

[harry hackedoff]

Fair do`s Tom. They are shit scared of having to pay any compo and this drives the way the Jap Govt acts. In OZ we do see Jap Vets and as said, fair do`s. That was their way. They gave themselves to the Emperor and considered they were dead the day they joined up. They left nail clippings and hair cuttings so the family had summat to bury.
There is in each of us a morality which dictates how we deal with each other. They had(and I stress had) a different morality.

A few years ago meself and another member from this site visited Combat Stress in Leatherhead. The blokes from Singers who had enjoyed the hospitality of the Japanese have no points of common reference with the rest of the lads in there. They are in their own world of experience. Looking into the eyes of men who are the sole survivor from a Btn who were starved to death, beaten to death, bayoneted, lashed with barbed wire and treated as less than human every single day of their imprisonment was humbling to say the least. These lads mostly forgive. Some don’t obviously and they hate the Yellow Bastards(their words) with a vitriol that has to be seen.
Any rapprochement with the Japanese has to satisfy these lads.
I think the Japs are waiting till there are no survivors left and Margaret Becket can say we’re all mates now.

Fcuk her.


They have an organisation and I would urge you to shell out when you see them.
They are the FAR EAST PRISONER OF WAR Association, known as FEPOW
Never forget them, never forget the way they were treated. Their dead have a prayer.

When You Go Home,
Think Of Us And Say,
"For Your Tomorrow,
We Gave Our Today"

[RA_Tom]

Hello,

Completely agree TAB and Harry H. Japan should apologise, I hope I didnt imply otherwise, If it comes down to compensatiion being the cheif motive for not doing so that is a disgrace. And I suppose inevitably when the potential claiments are no longer with us, it'll happen.

Yours

Tom